Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET

(b. 16 September 1792 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 23 May 1879 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET was born 16 September 1792 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET was the child of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Helene SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN (maternal) Louis-Prisque SIMARD and Geneviève LAVOIE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Augustin married Modeste TREMBLAY 26 October 1813 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Modeste TREMBLAY was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Modeste died 30 December 1871 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Modeste was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Ursule TREMBLAY.

Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET died 23 May 1879 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET was a Marchand.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET

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Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET married

Modeste TREMBLAY-- Date: 26 October 1813 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Modeste TREMBLAY was the child of Jean TREMBLAY and Ursule TREMBLAY

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Children of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Modeste TREMBLAY:

Emilie ROCHEFORT (b.8 November 1819, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1909, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

Stanislas-Wenceslas ROCHERFORT (b.abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 June 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East )

Prime ROCHEFORT (b.17 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 30 September 1912, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada )

Adolphe ROCHEFORT (b.12 October 1824, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. , )

Seconde ROCHEFORT (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Olympe ROCHEFORT (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 September 1913, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

Joseph ROCHEFORT (b.11 September 1830, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )

Mathilde ROCHEFORT (b.17 February 1832, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )

Adele ROCHEFORT (b.abt. 1836, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Gregoire JEAN 7 January 1856 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1792 Birth
16 September 1792
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Modeste TREMBLAY 26 October 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

He was 21 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie ROCHEFORT was born 8 November 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Augustin was 27 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Prime ROCHEFORT was born 17 January 1823, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Augustin was 30 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Adolphe ROCHEFORT was born 12 October 1824, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Augustin was 32 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph ROCHEFORT was born 11 September 1830, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Augustin was 38 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Mathilde ROCHEFORT was born 17 February 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Augustin was 39 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Death of Child
Stanislas-Wenceslas ROCHERFORT died 15 June 1848, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Augustin was 55 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Marriage of Child
Adele ROCHEFORT married 7 January 1856, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Gregoire JEAN

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.